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J. WATERS.

' BOILER CLEANER. No. 317,600. Patented May 12, 1885.

0 27 ,1 1 'l I I II a I 7 *1 I H JJVVEJVTOR 9. Attorney UNrTEo STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN wATEns, or AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

BOILER-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATZQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,600, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed January 15, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WATERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boiler-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in boiler-cleaners; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention as applied to a boiler, a portion of the boiler and of the receiver being broken away so as to disclose the interior arrangement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the boiler, taken on the line war of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of one of the collecting-pans. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of thereceiver, taken on the line 3 y of Fig. 1.

a represents a boiler, which is provided with the fiues b, man-hole c, and steam-dome d in the usual manner.

6 represents the collecting-pans, which are semicircular in shape, as here shown, and are each provided with an open side, f, the other three sides being closed. Perforations g are made in the outer ends of these pans on their outer sides, as shown, and the upper sides of these pans are perforated also, as at h. These collecting-pans are placed upon the upper series of fiues in the boiler, at about the center thereof and about on the water-line, and are arranged with their open sides toward the ends of the boiler. A curved pipe, i, connects the collecting-pans, and its extremities extend down to near the bottom of said pans, as shown at Fig. 4. A pipe,7r, is connected to the bent or curved pipe 1', and extends up through the upper side of the boiler for a suitable height, and is then extended horizontally along above the boiler and enters a cylindrical receiver, Z, which is located upon one end of the boiler, as shown.- The pipe is then curved downwardly in the receiver, and its end It extends to within a suitable distance of the bottom of said receiver. From the bottom of the receiver extends a pipe, m, which is provided with a blow-off cock, m. A perforated plate, n, is placed in the re- (No model.)

ceiver above the pipe k, and from the upper end of the receiver extends a pipe, 0, which connects withthe boiler at its lower side, as at 0.. Aglass gage, p, is secured on one side of the receiver Z.

The operation of my invention is as follows: hen steam is raised'in the boiler, a portion of it enters the collecting-pans and passes through the pipe k to the receiver, carrying water with it, and the mud and sediment in the water, which is forced to the surface thereof when it is boiled, is collected by the pans and carried with the flow of steam and water through the pipe 70 to the receiver and discharged therein. The constant pressure in the receiver, caused by the infiowing steam, forces the water as it is discharged into the receiver up through the perforated plate a, which acts as a filter and separates the impurities therefrom. After passing through the perforated plate the purified water is conveyed through the pipe 0 back to the boiler. The glass enables the fireman or engineer to ascertain exactly the condition of the water that is in the receiver below the perforated plate, and when necessary to clear the receiver of the mud and sediment that has accumulated in it he opens the blow'oft' cock m and discharges it through the pipe m.

By making the collecting-pans semicircular in shape I gain a large surface for them, and

they are still adapted to be introduced into the boiler or taken therefrom though the manhole.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the boiler, the semicircular collecting-pan having an open side, and suitable perforations in one or more of the closed sides located in the boiler, the re- 

